Marko Mesić (1640? in

Brinje Brinje is a municipality in Lika-Senj County, Croatia, located about 35 miles from Gospić. The town is formed around a castle called ''Sokolac'', which contains one of the most well preserved Gothic chapels in Croatia, St. Marys, which dates b ...

– 2 February 1713 in Karlobag) was a Croatian priest and war hero from the Ottoman wars. Under his command, Croats and Serbs liberated the region of

Lika Lika () is a traditional region of Croatia proper, roughly bound by the Velebit mountain from the southwest and the Plješevica mountain from the northeast. On the north-west end Lika is bounded by Ogulin-Plaški basin, and on the south-east by ...

in the 17th century.

Biography

In 1683 when Austro-Turkish war begun, Marko Mesić went to Ravni Kotari where he joined the local rebels against the Turks. Soon afterwards he goes to

Krbava Krbava (; ) is a historical region located in Mountainous Croatia and a former Catholic bishopric (1185–1460), precursor of the diocese of Modruš an present Latin titular see. It can be considered either located east of Lika, or indeed as th ...

and

and organizes uprising against the Turks from

. On 15 June 1689 he captured Novi and a number of other villages who surrendered without a fight. Finally, Udbina was liberated on 21 July 1689.

References

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